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Left on Tenth review

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What we can learn from 40 years of New York theatre history

Our Town review

Reviews by Lane WilliamsonEthel Barrymore Theatre, New York

Two stars of technical theatre have left us too soon, but they will keep on inspiring me

Patching over problems is no longer enough. Theatre needs radical change

Finding new audiences for opera? It may well require new types of opera

Labour's Budget risks breaking the party's promises to theatre's 'working people'

Should you change agent? Or is it just the slow market? Here is my take

Times are tough for touring theatre – this is Arts Council England’s answer

Everyone is welcome at the theatre, unless...

Finally – a decent theatre trailer

It is down to critics, as much as the industry, to support risk-taking theatre

Funded venues are struggling. It’s why fringe theatre is so important

Is ACE finally addressing the chronic precarity of theatre's freelancers?

Beware trying to adapt a masterpiece for the stage

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Mark Shenton

Mark Shenton is a theatre critic. He was a regular columnist and associate editor of The Stage until 2019.

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Two stars of technical theatre have left us too soon, but they will keep on inspiring me

Patching over problems is no longer enough. Theatre needs radical change

Finding new audiences for opera? It may well require new types of opera

Labour's Budget risks breaking the party's promises to theatre's 'working people'

Should you change agent? Or is it just the slow market? Here is my take

Times are tough for touring theatre – this is Arts Council England’s answer

Everyone is welcome at the theatre, unless...

Patching over problems is no longer enough. Theatre needs radical change

Times are tough for touring theatre – this is Arts Council England’s answer

The Conservative Party doesn’t have a problem with Black female leadership, so why does theatre?

Should you change agent? Or is it just the slow market? Here is my take

Two stars of technical theatre have left us too soon, but they will keep on inspiring me

Advice

Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

Alex James-Hatton: 'There needs to be more support for actors, creatives and people who work behind the scenes'

Lucy Avison: 'I was on a work placement in Scotland at 21 and never really left'

Matt Wilde: 'Be brave, be bold'

Potters Theatre Company - Le...

Nigel Ellacott

Actor with a long career as a pantomime dame who was also a historian and champion of the genre

Bradford 2025 plans theatre in former Marks & Spencer space

Plans for a former Marks & Spencer storage building to be transformed into a cultural hub, including a 200-seat theatre, have been submitted to the local council by the organisers of Bradford 2025.

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Finding new audiences for opera? It may well require new types of opera

“Dramatically dull”

Left on Tenth review

Reviews by Nicole SerratoreJames Earl Jones Theatre, New York

What we can learn from 40 years of New York theatre history

“Feels lost in a fog”

Our Town review

Reviews by Lane WilliamsonEthel Barrymore Theatre, New York

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Advice

Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

Alex James-Hatton: 'There needs to be more support for actors, creatives and people who work behind the scenes'

Lucy Avison: 'I was on a work placement in Scotland at 21 and never really left'

Matt Wilde: 'Be brave, be bold'

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Left on Tenth review

Reviews by Nicole SerratoreJames Earl Jones Theatre, New York

What we can learn from 40 years of New York theatre history